Seaweed forms spectacular underwater forests that matter a great deal for ocean life and for the climate. This talk asks whether seaweed can really help solve some of the biggest challenges of our time, in areas such as health, food, climate and the environment.
The evening covers what seaweed actually is, since it is algae rather than plants, and how it differs from plants and animals. It also looks at how seaweed is grown both in the sea and on land, and at the sustainable solutions it might offer for climate, biodiversity and the food of the future. The talk ends with a chance to taste your way through the flavours of seaweed.
This is an updated version of a lecture first given in autumn 2020. It is streamed live from Aarhus University as part of the public science lecture series Offentlige foredrag i Naturvidenskab.
